SID's JOTTINGS
• Twins President Dave St. Peter on season ticket renewals for 2014: "Needless to say when you come off of the type of years that we have, there are folks who are invested in this team who might have questions or what have you, and we understand that. At the same time we do have the All-Star Game and that's obviously quite a compelling piece in and of itself. I suspect when it's all said and done we're going to renew somewhere between 80-90 percent of our season ticket accounts, which is still a very strong number."
• With former Gophers nemesis Robbie Hummel making the Timberwolves roster, the former Purdue forward was asked what it's like to play with Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio. "They're great professional players, there's no doubt about that," Hummel said. "When you get to play behind a guy like Kevin Love and see what he does and see how he prepares every day, it's only going to help you as a player. … In terms of playing with Ricky, it's just whenever you have a point guard that can find you like that, that's something you like as a shooter."
• With the 76ers cutting Royce White, it appears as though fellow former Gophers forward Rodney Williams made the team despite signing as an undrafted free agent. Meanwhile, former Gophers center Ralph Sampson III played his first game with the Nilan Bisons in Finland on Wednesday. He grabbed four rebounds and scored two points in eight minutes.
• Alex Meyer continues to look very good in the Arizona Fall League pitching for Glendale. He has thrown 12⅓ innings in four starts, striking out 12 and giving up four runs for a 2.92 ERA. He is 2-0. Fellow Twins prospect Byron Buxton is hitting only .200 through seven games, going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts Saturday. But the outfielder has two homers and five RBI.
